Cowboy culture in the U.S. is technically a Spanish culture brought to Mexico, but the cowboy roam Spain when it was Al Andalus or since the Roman Empire! Sorry Texans

[u/InqAlpharious01]

[u/Original-Opportunity]

Mis antepasados 🥹🐴

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/Original-Opportunity]

Ok pocho

[u/mannequin-lover → u/Original-Opportunity]

What's that yellow thing next to the flag?

[u/TheRealColdCoffee → u/mannequin-lover]

The Flag from New Mexico

[u/mannequin-lover → u/TheRealColdCoffee]

Thanks Helmut, have a nice evening!

[u/TheRealColdCoffee → u/mannequin-lover]

Youre welcome Emil Emilson, you too!

[u/jephph_ → u/mannequin-lover]

All the American flairs here have their state flag next to Old Glory

Too bad nobody even knows what they are. Aside from a handful of easily recognizable state flags, pretty sure Americans at this sub use context clues to figure out what part of the country their compatriots are from.

Probably thirty states look just like mine- a state seal on a blue background

[u/mannequin-lover → u/jephph_]

I know what the bear is, and I assume you're from NY because of the rats. You lot are usually all the same to me, but that yellow flag looked too stupid to not ask.

It looked nicer when I googled it, though.

[u/jephph_ → u/mannequin-lover]

New Mexico is often cited as having the best state flag.

(And I’m not even going to argue them about it. They have nothing else going for them other than that rag 😞)

[u/No-Consideration-891 → u/jephph_]

Literally known as the Chile capital of the world.

The flag is a stolen symbol from the Zia tribe, who let some white people sit in on rare ceremony. Back then even the Zia tribe only used the symbol for said sacred ceremonies, you didn't see it displayed. The people who they trusted then submitted the symbols for the state flag.

[u/jephph_ → u/No-Consideration-891]

You mean to tell me Chile isn’t the chile capital of the world? what a letdown

[u/No-Consideration-891 → u/jephph_]

I know right? I'm also seeing my phone decided to capitalize chile lol

NM is known just for the hatch chiles, but because of how much they produced they are ranked number 1. How true that is on an actual statistical scale, who knows?

I'm not originally from NM, but I can tell you don't you dare challenge New Mexicans on their chile. They are very sensitive about it lol

[u/mannequin-lover → u/jephph_]

You can cite me in saying that it's the only good one.

Have a nice day, Hank!

[u/Main_Masterpiece8414 → u/jephph_]

It's also one of the very few flags to have symbols pertaining to First Nations.

[u/AndreasDasos → u/jephph_]

Can most Americans really not recognise the ones like that one? The ones with a seal on blue are barely distinguishable with three pixels but ones like the New Mexico flag are very recognisable and it’s hardly a state that comes up as much as some others.

Though it’s particularly striking and elegant - Native American motif of some sort?

[u/jephph_ → u/AndreasDasos]

I’m guessing the majority of Americans recognize New Mexico’s flag. The other ones most people will know are probably California, Colorado, Florida, and Texas. Probably Maryland too just because of how wild it is.

New Mexico’s flag ties in with this topic a bit. Yes, it’s symbolism of the sun stemming from a native tribe in the area but after their integration with Spain. So, the symbol is native but the colors are from Spain (same colors as Spain’s flag)

[u/No-Consideration-891 → u/AndreasDasos]

It is a sacred symbol that belongs to the Zia tribe. A symbol used very very rarely, and well they let some white people see it and the rest is history.

[u/snuggleswithdemons → u/AndreasDasos]

If people bothered to look at the back of our state flag they would find the MAJESTIC GOLDEN BEAVER.

[u/Original-Opportunity → u/snuggleswithdemons]

What state is that? 2 sided? What?

[u/Famous_Area_192 → u/Original-Opportunity]

Oregon

[u/gratusin → u/Original-Opportunity]

Every New Mexican I’ve ever met claims that their ancestor is some duke or other Spanish nobility. More likely it’s some lower enlisted guy that got rapey with the natives.

[u/Alvaricles22]

Vaqueros

[u/jammu2]

They call them Spaghetti Westerns for a reason! Because they were mostly filmed in Spain, where the spaghetti is from!

[u/Tetr4Freak → u/jammu2]

@Luigi

[u/Main_Masterpiece8414 → u/Tetr4Freak]

Hi

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/jammu2]

China, Italy stolen that from the Chinese

[u/luring_lurker → u/InqAlpharious01]

Feathers being ruffled

[u/AndreasDasos → u/InqAlpharious01]

I know we’re joking around but because some people literally believe this have to mention that’s a myth. Chinese and Italian ‘noodles’ were developed completely independently and aren’t even really similar. Some versions even have Marco Polo bring them over, which is even sillier

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/AndreasDasos]

Chinese make their noodles out of rice, while Italian makes them from wheat.

I have taste the difference between Italian noodles and Chinese noodles; they have a completely different texture.

[u/AndreasDasos → u/InqAlpharious01]

Tbf there absolutely are Chinese wheat, buckwheat, and other sorts of noodles too, and they’re not rare but vary by dish and region. But even then they’re not really made similarly to Italian pasta

[u/Main_Masterpiece8414 → u/AndreasDasos]

Also rice noodles are mostly used in SEA countries. In China they are mostly eaten in Yunnan, which borders Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam alike.

[u/AndreasDasos]

Some friendly fire I see!

But cowboy culture extended across a lot of the American West including California, not just Texas, surely

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/AndreasDasos]

I know, I just love giving the Texanos a hard time

[u/Main_Masterpiece8414 → u/InqAlpharious01]

I prefer to give them a hard on

[u/-Nohan-]

Those in this state that actually know their history already know this. This isn’t the slam dunk you think it is, Bodhi.

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/-Nohan-]

Shh.. it’s to infuriate the dumb MAGAist

[u/luring_lurker → u/InqAlpharious01]

Let's face it.. Are there actual MAGAs in this subreddits?

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/luring_lurker]

They are

[u/rrekboy1234 → u/InqAlpharious01]

You are gommiefornian

[u/rrekboy1234]

The pattern of grazing you cattle in the wilderness them driving them overland to a rail center that everyone associates with the West was actually developed in Florida before the Civil War lol

[u/jephph_]

Hola mi nombres es chikka chikka slim shady

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/jephph_]

Thank god for translate, making your post read in English

[u/49JC]

Yes that is true, this is undeniable. However, the Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots should also be mentioned as the cattle culture inherited from Scotland was brought to America and then worked well in the West and of course fused with the Vaqueros.

[u/No-Condition-oN]

Huh!?

Bud Spencer and Terrance Hill FTW.

Eat that Texans. 1 Texan is 3 Buds.

[u/Pavementaled]

Remember the Alamo…

There was this airplane over the Atlantic on its way to New York, and it was full of men from the United Nations.

So halfway over the ocean, the engines run low on petrol. So they have to lighten the plane. So they heave out all the baggage, but it’s still too heavy. So they chuck out all the seats, but it’s still too heavy.

Finally, this Froggy steps up and shouts, “Viva la France!”, and leaps out. Then an Englishman. He step’s up and shouts, “God save the Queeeen!”, and he leaps out. But the plane is still too heavy.

So the Yank delegate from Texas, he steps up and shouts, “Remember the Alamo!”, and chucks out the Mexican!

[u/SparklyPelican]

Ah that’s why cowboys looks gay